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Newspaper Page Text2 TH BATE Mil REMAIN THE SIME COMPTROLLER WRIGHT, DISAP •.POINTED AT THE DIGEST RE TURNS. SAYS RATE CANNOT ■' > BE LOWERED THIS YEAR. Contrary to expectations the tax rate Which is now 5.44 on the $!.«» will hard ly be cut down this yaw. owing to the decreases which have been shown in the tax digests received from various coun ties by the comptroller general during the past few days. Several weeks ago It was the opinion of Comptroller Wright and Governor Candler that the increase tn tax returns this year would amount to more than $20,(00.000 over the returns of last year and on the strength of that increase it was their determination to cut down the rate to S 3 on the tl.uRO. From present Indications it seems likely that the rate for taxes this year will be the same as last year Comptroller Wright in discussing the situation yesterday said: '*! am greatly surprised at the decrease some of the tax digests have shown. I am now informed by some of the tax receivers, in fact a large number of them, that their digests will also show a de crease If this proves to be true the Increase in the returns this year will not amount to $30,000,004. as I Had thought. The only way in which I can account for the decrease is on account of the exceeding dry weather and the poor crop outlook throughout the state. When the farmers think that their crops will not amount to much it is very likely that they will cut down their property values. “Os course if we do not get an increas? of $30,000,000 it will not be possible to cut down the tax rate as we had hoped. We may not be able to lower it as much .as 44 cents, but it is possible that it can be cut down some. It is a certainty that there will be no Increase, as the rate last year was rufficlent to meet all the appropriations and the appropriations this year are the same as they were last year. - Tax digests received during the past few days show up rather badly. Dodge county shows a decrease of $72,- 434; Elbert a decrease of $3,773; Coweta • a decrease of $154,334; Glascock a de crease of <17.472; Upson a decrease of $74,547. and Pickens a decrease of $390,148. Washington county has shown an in crease of SK.O~: Mitchell county shows an increase of $92,255; Murray has shown an increase of $5,0!2; Warren ar. increase of KM"; Hancock an increase of $29- 83: Wayne an Increase of $9).752, and Cherokee an increase of $11,502 There are many other counties to be heard from, but from the Information which has been retired it seems improb able that the total increase will reach the s».a»,Ofr) mar* and unless :hat is done the tax rate cannot be cut down perceptibly. BODY OF MAN IS FOUND DECOMPOSED IN THE WOODS PENSACOLA. Fla.. July M—ln the woods 40 mile* north of Pensacola yes terday afternoon was found the badly decomposed body of an unknown man. death having visited him about ten days ago. Near by were found some articles of clothing, and closer investigation show ed the body to have been filled with bul let holes. The man had been murdered brutally and his body left at the scene of death. • Deputy Sheriff Brewton arrived last night and told the story. He said that the body was found two hundred yards from the railroad track by a man named Lee. Brewton said he went out there as soon as possible and found the body and notified the coroner. The deputy turned over the body and a handful of bullets fell from it. Indications point to the fact that white caps have done the work. It looks as though the man had been sleep ing and that the brutes had taken ad vantage of him. burned hla pockets and afterwards shot him full of holes. The angle of wounds from pistol bullets show ed that the greater part of them had been shot while the man was on the ground. Pined to his clothing was a note partially discernable, reading: “Century coons take warning, we mean." The rest of the sentence was erased. The matter la receiving investigation, although no one knows anything about it. mitcTellms YETSTRIKERS I . wiujiii PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS CONFERS WITH DISTRICT PRESIDENT ABOUT PROVISIONS. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. July 26-Presi de nt Mitchell tonight had a conference with District Presidents Nicholson and Fahey and National Board Member John Fallon, relative to the various relief plans which the assemblies of the United Mine Workers have proposed for the distribu tion of provisions, etc., to the strikers. • Mr. Mitchell was asked whether it was true that the United Mine Workers had employed counsel for the purpose of Im peaching Judge Jackson, of West Vir ginia. He replied that he had heard noth ing of such a move. At the close of the tenth week of the strike the chief officer of the United Mine Workers reiterated what he said to the Associated Press correspondent some time ago. namely, that be was as confident as •ver that the strikers were going to win. The collieries ot the Lehigh and Wllkes berre Coal company are well equipped now with steam men. and it is possible that an attempt may be made to operate one of the collieries next week. General Superintendent Richards attend ed a conference with President Baer at Philadelphia yesterday, but as yet Mr. Richards has issued no orders to begin preparations for the operation of any of the mines of his company. M ECH A _ NICS TRI ED AND _ FOUND NOT GUILTY BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. July M.-The three mechanics from Cincinnati who were ar rested a few days since on the charge of jumping a contract to work for the Har die-Tyne* Foundry and Machine company, were found not guilty upon trial. The men came to Birmingham to replace strik ers but were prevailed upon to leave the city by the strikers and were at the depot ready to depart when arrested. Great in terest was taken tn the trial by local un ion organizations. AN AIR SHIP INVENTOR IS DROWNED AT SEA VANCOUVER. B. C., July 26.-A heavy gale, which has been blowing for the past 48 hours. Is responsible for two known deaths and there is every reason to be lieve that eight or ten other men have been drowned in the storm-tossed waves. Last night two Indians found an upturned boat off the middle arm of the Frasier river, and upon investigation found a man clinging to it. and supporting himself in the water among the floats of his fishing net. The man did not live to reach shore. When landed at the Fraser river cannery he was dead. The body has been iden tified as that of Frits Fabian, known as the inventor of a navigable air-ship. En tangled In the net among the floats on which Fabian was supporting himself was found a coat containing a number of let ters addressed to Florian Schtnalz. Schmals and Fabian had been fishing to gether and it is believed that Schmalz was also drowned. REPUBLICANS MaFhAVE A TICKET IN ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM. Ala., July 26.—The Re publican executive committee of Alabama will meet in Birmingham Saturday for the purpose of taking action looking to a par ticipation in the coming state election. The Republicans believe they have some chance with the new state constitution. A Republican conference will be held here Friday at which the factional hatch et will be buried. Ignatius Pollak, of Montgomery, will probably succeed William Vaughan as chairman of the executive committee. Roosevelt will most likely get the Ala bama delegation to the next convention. KELLER DENOUNCES • LOUD MOST BITTERLY BRANDS AS A LIAR LOUD’S STATE MENT THAT CARRIERS ARE TRYING TO LOBBY BILL THROUGH HOUSE. WASHINGTON. July M.-President J. C. Keller, of the National Association of Letter Carriers, who has just returned from a trip through the west, has writ ten a letter to the official organ of his association, the Postal Record, which will appear in the next issue of that journal, bitterly arraigning Representa tive Loud, of California, chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads, for that gentleman’s opposition to the bill reclassifying letter carriers. In an alyzing the last speech Mr. Loud made In the house on this subject Mr. Keller characterize* it as a most remarkable effort. Remarkable.” he says, ironically, “for its inaccuracies as well as its mis representation.” Mr. Keller, in the most emphatic language, brands as a He Mr. Loud's charge that the carriers are try» Ing to lobby their bill through congress by the use of money. "Mr. Loud states," comments Mr. Kel ler, “that an offer to return money col lected for this purpose was made, but that ’some of the branches refused to accept the return of that money and it still Hea subject to call.’ Tills statement is false from beginning to end and I doubt if such a statement would ever be made or have’been made were it pos sible for a carrier to personally answer such an attack on tho floor. The car riers of the country have no fund, either direct or indirect, with which to pur chase their increase in salary or any other legislation. Every carrier knows that and I believe Mr. Loud knows it—at least he seems to know everything pertaining to the carriers private as well as public life.” Mr. Keller, in his letter, takes Mr. Loud’s speech by paragraphs, in order to show that the California congressman distorted the real facts of the case in a masquerade of language. He dismisses a great deal of Mr. Loud’s causerie as unworthy of consideration, but resents vigorously that portion of Mr. Loud’s speech in which the latter, according to Mr. Keller’s Interpretation, attacks the character of the letter carriers. "Tho portion to which I take particular exception,” says Mr. Keller, “is that in which Mr. Loud, by inference, seeks to brand the carriers of the country as a lot of criminals. We can pass over his so-called statistical enumerations; we could even respect the man for hts con sistent opposition to any measure which he considers wrong in principle, but we do reserve the right to protest against the attacks made upon the Integrity of the letter carrier, especially when that attack is made on the floor of the house In a manner and under conditions which will not permit those attacked to an swer the charges brought against them.” Mr. Keller speculates as to the reason of Mr. Loud’s deviation from the subject under consideration, when the general efficiency appropriation bill was before the house, and his meandering into a discussion of the postal service as well as the salaries of letter carriers. “Why any man should go out of his way to attack another,” remarks Mr. Keller, “or why thia question of salaries of postal employes was brought up at a time wiien matters entirely foreign to it were being considered, I do not know, unless it was done for the purpose of making political capital of 'it, as stated by the chairman of the committee. Mr. Loud, at the very beginning ot his speech.” The president of the Association pleads earnestly for fair play, an attribute he declares Mr. Lcud is net afflicted with and attacks the latter for urging that the carriers be burdened with increased Sunday work. Keller goes Into a tech nical discussion of the salaries of letter carriers and their substitutes, offering substantiated facts and figures to prove the emptiness of Mr. Loud's argument, that they are sufficiently remunerated. In conclusion Mr. Keller says: "One thing, however, is certain. No attempts to create dissension in the ranks of the carriers Will ever meet with success. The carriers have met every condition im posed upon them by presidential or de partment orders. They ask for an in crease of pay as a matter of right-and justice. They want it so that they may • !tye. feed and clothe themselves in the manner expected of them; but they want to get it honestly and In striving for better conditions they will never be led to abuse either the postoffice clerks or th railway mall clerks. We believe that these deserving representatives of the postal service are entitled to better con ditions and like the carriers should get them as a matter of right and justice.” SAID GOOD BYE AND " BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS LOUISVILLE, Ky.. July 26,-Samuel Lamb, a machinist, committed suicide early this morning at his home in Ship pingshort, this city, by shooting himself througn the head after bidding his chil dren good-bye and remarking, “I’ll be in hell in two minutes.” Jelks’ Campaign Will Open Today. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. July 2C.-The open ing rally of tho campaign in behalf of Governor William D. Jelks will be held in Birmingham Monday night, Dr. R. M. Cunningham, candidate for lieutenant governor, and Hon. John B. Knox, who presided over the constitutional conven tion, being the speakers. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY. JULY 28, 1902. DR. MARSHALL IS SLOWLY DYING PHYSICIAN SAYS ATLANTA MIN ISTER MAY LIVE A DAY OR TWO BUT IS DOUBTFUL OF EVEN THAT. RALEIGH, N. C., July 26.—Rev. Dr. A. A. Marshall’s condition shows no marked change at 11 tonight save gradual weakening. Dr. Reyster, the attending physician, says the end may come at any moment, though there is a possibility of his sur viving a day or two. He has a cancer on the liver and when the poisoned blood reaches the heart, death wftl result. Rev. A. A. Marshall is one of the promi nent Baptis.t ministers of the south. He was born in Georgia, and is about 44 years of age. He is the great-great-grandson of Rev. Daniel Marshall, the first Baptist divine who ever preached a sermon In this state. * Dr. Marshall was, five years ago, pas tor of the Jackson Hill Baptist church, of this city, and it was under his supervision and due to his untiring efforts that the present structure of the church was built. He left Atlanta a few years ago and be came president of the Monroe Female college at Forsyth, Ga., where he did splendid work. He resigned from that col lege to accept a call to the First Bap tist church of Raleigh, N. C., of which church he was pastor when he was token ill. WRECK ON COASTUnF FATALLY WOUNDS ONE VALDOSTA. Ga., July 26—News has just reached here of a disastrous and probably fatal wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line between Dupont and Homer ville, as the result of a rear ejid collision. The collision occurred at 1 o’clock this morning while an extra, freight under Conductor Durant was getting wood at the rack. A through freight train dash ed in it injuring both Conductor Durant and his flagman. The conductor is probably fatally in jured, the flagman's name has -not been received here, but is probably Charles Eaten, who runs with Conductor Du rant. A number of cars were wrecked and the property loss Is considerable. MURDERER ESCAPES FROM STATE PENITENTIARY GAINESVILLE, Ga.. July 26.-J. H. Stover, who was convicted of rape and murder of Mrs. Christian Blake, at the January term of court, and sent to the penitentiary for life, escaped from the state farm yesterday. The guard was sup posed to have wounded him In each arm as he escaped. Deputy Warden L. D. Slater has notified Sheriff Gilmer to look out for him. A reward of SSO has been of fered for his arrest. Stover Is well known In Hall county, and If he returns here he will most like ly be caught. Irish League Files Its Suit. DUBLIN, July 26.—Another step in the Irish land question has been taken in the filing of an injunction suit brought by John Redmond, William O’Brien, John Dillon and Michael Davltt, representing the United Irish league, against the land lords constituting the new “land trust” who are upholding the DeFreyne estate tenant trouble. The suit alleges conspir acy on the part of the land trust to pre vent the plaintiffs from accomplishing by lawful means the reform of parliament respecting the laws. FLOiWra TO BE HELD IT min PEOPLE OF THAT PLACE ARE DE TERMINED TO MAKE IT A NOTABLE EVENT—THEIR PREPARATIONS. LAKE CITY, Fla., July 26.—After care fully considering the blds of the different cities in this state for the state fair the committee unanimously awarded the prize to Lake City, otherwise known as the "College City” of Florida. The local com mittee, Immediately after hearing the de cision, went to work on the selection of a site for the big show. A plot of lOOacres in the .western portion of the city was selected, and the conduction of the race track and buildings is now well under way. Lake City promises to the people or the state of Florida the biggest thing in the way of a state fair they have yet haa, and earnestly request the co-opera tion of the different counties throughout the state to aid them in their undertaking. Outside of Jacksonville, Lake City is the railroad center of Florida, and this togeth er with her ample hotel facilities, makes it the most desirable location in the state for the fair. A magnificent 75 room hotel, which will be ready for occupancy early In September, together with her numerous other hotels and boarding houses, will fur nish ample occommodation for all of her visitors. The liberal hearted citizens of Lake City have contributed about $8,500 toward making the fair a grand success. PRESIDENT CASTRO PIjLLS AWAY FROM BATTLE WILLEMSTADT, Island of Curacoa. July 26.—President Castro, of Venezuela, has returned from Barcelona, owing to the impossibility for him with his army of 3.000 men to attack the revolutionists waiting for him entrenched at Asagua, capital of the state of Guzeman, Blanco. He left without firing a single shot, not withstanding his proclamation in which he said he would fignt one against ten. Tho moral effect produced by hts retreat is disastrous for the government. The revolution has spread toward the center of Venezuela. The revolutionists are at Chaguramas, on t-.elr way to Orituco, 60 miles from Caracas. General Solango, with 7,000 men, is marching to the rendezvous from San Felipe. General Mendoza, with 1,700 men, is bound there from Barqufsimeto, and General Matos, the leader of the revolu tion, accompanied by General Menages and large forces of revolutionists, also is headed for that vicinity. The government of President Castro cannot hold out much longer. Funds are needed, and forced loans are being re sorted to. Trains on the Caracas railroad are being held up dally by the revolution ists. Midsummer Sufferings. PAINE’SCELERY COMPOUND Quickly Dissipates Tired Feel ings and Gives New Life to the Weak, Nervous, and Debilitated. Tired, languid and despondent feelings prevail to an alarming extent during the heated term of summer. Such feelings indicate depleted blood and a feeble con dition of the nervous system. This is just the time when Paine's Cel ery Compound is needed to build up flesh and muscle, brace the nerves and clear and strengthen the brain. Sick headaches, nervous prostration, sleeplessness and a general feeling of mental and physical depression by which life is made almost intolerable in the hot weather, can all be speedily banished by the use of a bottle or two of Paine’s Cel ery Compound, nature’s summer renova tor and strength giver. Paine’s Celery Compound never fails to repair the wasted and wornout tissues; It calms and perfectly regulates nervous ac tion and brings that sweet and restful sleep that makes life happy. The medicine that in the past has done such marvelous things for others is the kind you should use at this time. WILL SURELY SPLIT PRESIDENT’S FRIENDSHIP FOR WOOD WILL CAUSE A BREAK SOONER OR LATER, IT IS RELIEVED. WASHINGTON. July 26.—Everytlng is shaping up for a break between Sena tor Hanna and President Roosevelt. Im mediately after the death of President Mc- Kinley political seers became busy with predictions of a split In the Republican party with the friends of Senator Hanna heading a faction that would seek the defeat of Mr. Roosevelt for nomination in 1904. There were hints all during the session of congress that such a break was Imminent but it failed to materialize. Sen ator Hanna, so tar as surface indications went, was one of the few prominent Re publican senators’ who remained loyal to President Roosevelt and gave hearty sup. port to the policies advocated by him when the president had been deserted by nearly all of the Republican senators in the fight for Cuban reciprocity, Mr. Han na remained steadfast and warned his party that a failure to pass the reciprocity measure would be rebuked by the people at the polls. In nearly every measure be fore congress tho Ohio senator was square ly in support of the president’s attitude. But the break now seems unavoidable. It will cqme when the president attempts to bestow further honors upon General Leonard Wood, late governor-general of Cuba. General Wood wants to be at the head of the Panama Canal commission and the president is known to be favorably considering his name in connection with the appointment. Senator Hanna hates Wood. He believes that Wood persecuted Rathbone in connection with the prosecu tion of the Cuban postal frauds. He be lieves that Rathbone was used as a scape goat, to cover up the extravagance If not corruption that marked the history of American occupation In Cuba. The Ohio senator has made this plain to the presi dent. Before asking for a new trial for Rathbone Senator Hanna had a careful examination of the records made and threatened to expose the extravagance un less the president gave Rathbone a re hearing. This was done and the threatened break was averted for the time being. Since the talk of promoting Wood to the management of the canal enterprise Han na has served formal notice on the presi dent that he will oppose Wood’s confirma tion In the senate and will carry the fight to the limit, even to a break of his party relations with the president. If this threat had been made two months ago it Is probable that the president would have abandoned any Idea of placing Gen eral Wood on the proposed commission. Just now, however, the president believes that his nomination is practically certain and he is not particularly alarmed over Senator Hanna’s threat. Reports from nearly all the states in the union indicate an almost unanimous senthnent in favor of Mr. Roosevelt's nomination and he will probably as soon have the break with Senator Hanna come now as later, for It is certain to come. There are a good many Republicans more or less prominent in their party who do not share President Roosevelt’s confi dence over his renomination. They be lieve that Senator Hanna’s friends wIH present formal opposition to the presi dent’s nomination and, will urge the Ohio senator for leadership of the party. So strong has this feeling become that In diana is also in the field with its candidate in the person of Senator Fairbanks. If the break between Hanna and Roosevelt comes soon it is certain that a number of states will have delegations in convention opposed to Roosevelt’s nomination. Their hope is to create a deadlock, in which event it might be possible to secure the nomination of either Senator Hanna or Senator Fairbanks. It is generally understood that the presi dent will make no nominations for the canal commission until late this fall, pos sibly not until after the election. He will then be In position to determine whether, it will be safe for him to invite the fight that will certainly follow his bestowal of further honors upon General Wood. tooklaonum ent FROM GRAVE FOBJEBT PREACHER’S RELATIVES HAD NOT PAID PURCHASE MONEY NOTES AND AGENT TAKES SHAFT. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 26-A Bris tol, Tenn., dispatch to The Journal and Tribune reports that the large and beauti ful monument which marked the grave of the late Rev. James Torbet, at Blountville, Tenn., was taken down and removed from the cemetery because the purchase money notes were not satisfied in due time. The monument was sold with a lien at tached and when the time was up and passed, the agent pulled down the shaft. BOILERS BLOW UP UNO KILL TWO MEN THE KEY WEST ICE PLANT IS WIPED OUT AND THE ENTIRE TOWN IS JARRED—FINE ORE INJURED. KEY WEST, Fla., July 26.—The elec tric and ice plant of William Curry & Sons exploded at 8 o’clock this morning. Three boilers burst, demolishing the entire building. Pieces of the boiler were thrown ten blocks away. Many citizens in the vicinity were slightly hurt by bricks and pieces of iron. Glasses were broken down town. Two colered fireman, Buddie Webb and Bill Henry, were crushed to death. The injured are: Pat Andrews Shine, Thomas Yates, Thomas Symonette, Eugene Knight and Charles Lloyd. One or two of the injured are believed to be fataYiy wounded. JUDGMWrRENDERED~ AGAINST GALBRAITH KNOXVILLE. Tenn., July 26.—Special Chancellor J. H. Frantz today rendered a judgment against W. A. Galbraith, ex deputy clerk and master of the Knox county chancery court and the Fidelity and Deposit company, of Baltimore, for about $18 : 00C alleged shortage iu the funds of the office. The decree also provides that if the money cannot thus be reached, proceed ings shall be taken against John W. Con nor and his bondsman, who had not been released. Connor is held technically responsible. The judgment against Galbraith is based upon an alleged contract between him and Connor, in which it Is claimed he agreed to make good, provided certain fees were turned over to him. IS A COWHIDE A .i DEADLY WEAPON? CHARLOTTE? n. u:, auiy as.— rne question as to whether a cowhide is a deadly weapon Is one which Judge Shaw of the Forsyth county superior court Is called upon to settle. The case grows out of the attack of N. Glenn Williams upon United States District Attorney Holton some days ago. The defendant's lawyers claim that the whip is not a deadly weapon and the case must be sent to a magistrate for trial. The pros ecution opposes this view of the matter. TOOK 6,071 BALLOTS WITHOUT NOMINATING DALLAS, Texas, July 26.—The Demo cratic congressional convention for the Twelfth district, in session at Dublin, took an adjournment last night to meet In Cleburne, September 4th, after reaching the 6,0715 t ballot without making a se lection. Two Plumbers are Boiled to Death. MEMPHIS. July 26.—A Scimitar special from Dyersburg, Tenn., says Will Young and Dank McAuliff met a terrible death while repairing a steam pipe at a mill here today. The scaffolding on which they were working gave way and they fell In to one of the boilers and were literally cooked, the flesh dropping from them in large pieces when they were pulled out. Insane Prisoner Hangs Himself. CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 26.—James D. Wallace, a white man, confined in jail at Taylorsville, ‘N. C., because of insanity, was found hanging from the top of his cell a day or two ago. He had committed suicide by knotting a section of a sheet around his neck and tleing it to a bar over his head. V i rglFcouples IN GREENSBORO JAILJELLS REGISTERED AS MARRIED COU PLES, BUT HUSBAND OF ONE WOMAN FINDS THEM AND CALLS POLICE. GREENSBORO, N. C., July 26.—N. C. Carter and Mrs. Nannie Jones, of Dan ville, Va., and N. Y. Harris, of Goldsboro, N. C., and Minnie Shaw, o f Danville, were brought here under commitment of a magistrate at Gibsonville this evening and placed In jail In of bond for appearance at court under criminal charges. Yesterday H. T. Jones, of Dauvllle, whose wife had eloped with Carter during his absence in South Carolina as chief lineman for the Bell Telephone company, came here In search of her, saying he only wanted to persuade her to go back to her heartbroken aunt In Danville. The couple had left. Today he found them in Gibsonville, living at a hotel as man and wife. He also found another Danville girl, Minnie Shaw, registered there as the wife of Tony Harris, of Goldsboro, N. C., the four forming a lively group of guests. All efforts by Jones to persuade his wife to go back to her aunt proving useless,'he had the quartette up before the magis trate with above result. Harris and Carter are patent medicine venders, and'tonight wired friends in Dan ville and Goldsboro to come and stand bonds for them. When the officers arrived here with the four the unusual spectacle of two nattily dressed men tied with ropes, two good looking young women in the clutches of constables attracted a large crowd, and before the jail was reached the procession looked like a circus. The girls were weep ing. When seen in jail the Shaw woman said she ran away two weeks ago. Her father is Edward Shaw,a silversmith of Danville. Her eyes filled with tears when she was asked the names of her father and mother. t Both are young. No trace of depravity or boldness appears In their demeanor. Greenblatt Was Cleared of Murder. Morris Greenblatt, charged with the murder of Mansfield Nicholas, a nearro, was declared not guilty Friday after noon in the criminal branch of the su perior court, after the jury had been out about an hour. Greenblatt was on trial for having shot and killed the negro Nicholas as the latter was attempting to run away from Greenblatt’s store on Peters street with a lot of clothing. That Morgan ship combine may fall to materialize, but the failure would mean there is no money to be made in that particular merger. NEGRO MURDERER IS REMANDED TO JAIL VALDOSTA, Ga., July 26.—Alex Harris, the negro man who was to have been giv en a commitment hearing before Judge Griffin this morning on the charge of mur der, was committed to jail without the hearing, his own statement being suffi cient to hold him for trial before ths su perior court. Harris is the negro who killed a little negro boy In the Cat Creek neighborhood last week. He was at the home of West Belcher and had been playing with a liftie son of Sam Smith nearly all day. He tried to leave the child several times, but It followed him and insisted on playing. Late in the evening he said to the Child: ( “I am tired of playing and now I am going to kill you.” With that he entered another room and picked up a rifle and pointed it at the child and pulled the trigger. The gun dis charged, the bullet striking the child on the head and producing instant death. H. H. DELOACHI?BETf ER BUT CONDITION IS SERIOUS » H. H. DeLoach, who was shot a few days ago by Thomas Smithson, in a difficulty at the DeLoach Mill Manufacturing com pany’s plant, on Highland avenue and the Southern railroad, is still in a critical con dition at the Grady hospital, though the physicians think he has chances of re covery. He Is, however, still in a des perate condition, and.lf complications set In death will likely ensue. He has a splendid constitution which may save his life. Smithson is still held In the Tower, and has so far been refused bond. He will not be allowed to make bond until De- Loach’s condition is positively ascertained. 30TH’G»rVETS HOLO REUNION IN WIN NINETEENTH ANNUAL REUNION OF FAMOUS REGIMENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY. GRIFFIN, Ga., July 26.—The nineteenth annual reunion of the Thirtieth Georgia regiment, C. 8. a., was held at Camp Nor then yesterday, and was one of the most delightful meetings of the famous regi ment. The veterans arrived on the morn ing trains and were escorted to the Com mercial club and entertained until 10:15. when they were driven to Camp Northen. Major David J. Bailey, a son of the late D. J. Bailey, the first colonel of the regi ment, acted'as master of ceremonies and called the reunion to order at 10:30. The following program was rendered: Prayer—Rev. A. C. Smith, chaplain of the regiment. Address of Welcome—Mayor D. J. Bai ley. Response—A. P. Ande/son, secretary of the Thirtieth Georgia association. Address to the Thirtieth Georgia Associ ation —Judge W. C. Beeks. Response—Robert Osborn* president of the association. « The other speakers were Governor Can dler, Judge Marcus Beck, Colonel James 8. Boynton, Captain “Tip” Harrison, General Clement A. Evans, Mayor Bailey. A barbecue was served Immediately af ter the speaking, and -was greatly enjoyed by all present. The Thirtieth Georgia association held a business meeting In the afternoon and re elected R. 8. Osborn president, and A. P. Adamson secretary for another year. ■ A committee composed of one member from each company of the regiment was appointed to prepare a history of the reg iment and have It published in book form. Jackson, Butts county, was selected as the place for holding the next meeting, and, after passing resolutions thanking the citizens of Griffin for their hospital ity, the meeting adjourned. The Thirtieth regiment was made up of three companies from Campbell county, two companies from Butts and one each from Spalding, Fayette, Bibb and Hen ry. The companies represented here yes terday were as follows: Co. A., Butts County—B. B. Bailey, W. J. Standard, Willis Mangham, B. H. Wil kerson, I. B. Carmichael, James 8. Boyn ton, field officer. Co. B, Henry County—B. D. Rogers, W. H. Smith. J. R. Nolan, L. .N. Kirkland, Van Mossis, H. C. Fisher. • Co. C., Douglas County (formerly Clay ton)—A. J. Bowen, M. A. Goar. Co. E., Clayton County—R. S. Osburn, A. P. Adamson, A. J. Camp, J. S. Camp. G. W. Heine, W. P. Conine, W. W. Dick son, T. J. Askew, W. M. Stephens, Jr., and Sir., G. B. Stephens, L. E. Stephens. E. W. Boynton. W. L. Thomas. M. Ste phens. G. W. Tanner. W. G. Tanner, M. Crowe, W. D. Barton. J. W. Peace, J. H. Smith, F. P. Smith, A. C. Smith, W. A. Bray, E. P. Campbell. Co. F„ Spaling County—C. A. Cooper, J. B. Purlfoy, D. G. Burk, J. M. Willis, T. J. Westmoreland, W. G. Johnson, G. W. Kinard. Co. G., Fayette County—Captain J. W. McCord, Lieutenant E. Adams, J. M. Da vis, E. J. BBangle, A. J. Slaton, J. N. Slaton, W. J. Cox. Co. H., Campbell County—W. J. Ste vens, Stephen Renfore. Company H, Campbell county—W. J. Stevens, Stephen Renfore. Company I, Butts county—Lieutenant W. D. Curry, Lieutenant J. M. Ingram, J. M. T. Mayo, J. O. Dodson, J. C. Burnes, A. G. Preston, J. T. Preston. J. G. Pres ton, B. T. Deason, J O. Beauchamp, M. C. Bowles, J. L. Byers, M. Brice. Penny Postage. > Boston Globe. The time is not far off when letter postage will be reduced to one cent per ounce. A bill for penny pqstage was introduced., in congress last December, and at least business men from every state and section of the oouatry have since been urging its passage. The mightiest and best government in the world ought to give its citizens the cheapest postage in the world. The history of cheap postage has uniformly demonstrated its economy. One cent postage would mean an enormous increase in the number of letters mailed. It would be a boon not only to the private citizen, but to the bus iness Interests of the country, and especially the big advertising houses which spend hun dreds of thousands of dollars a Congress was so. absorbed last winter In fhrtisan squabbles that the one-cent postage measure, got squeezed otft. It will not be so at the next session. This reform Is bound to come. It would demonstrate its utility in a single year. z BOEfIIENIRIS mF EUROPE I GENERAL MEYER ALREADY LAND ED AND SAYS DELAREY, DE WET AND BOTHA FOLLOW. LONDON, July 26.—General Lucas Mey er, the former commander of the Orange Free State forces, landed at Southamp ton today. General Meyer is going to Dresden, Saxony, to visit his wife and daughter and will return to South Africa in October. The general expects eoon to be followed by Generals Botha, Dewet and Delarey. He would not say if he intended visiting Mr. Krugor. BISfIREKILLED BVTRIINSIN 3 MONTHS INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION ISSUES BULLETIN GIVING STATISTICS IN RE GARD TO WRECKS. WASHINGTON, July 26.—The Inter state commerce commlsion today issued a bulletin on collision and derailments of trains and casualties to persons for the three months ending March 3L 1902. According to the showing the number of persons killed in train accidents was ZIX and of injuries. 2.111. Accidents of otijer kinds. includin* those sustained by employes while at work and by passengers in getting on or off cars brings the total number up to 813 killed and 9,958 injured. During this period there were 1,220 col lisions and 838 derailments, of whleh 221 collisions and 84 derailments affected pas senger trains. The damage to cars, engines and road way by these accidents amounted to sl,” 914.258. negroes’lynch o N£oL the,r race SHREVEPORT. La., July 26—Four negroes named Tom Patterson, Webster EdwarOs, Sam Patterson and Elijah McCloskey, all small farmers, residing in the vicinity of Shreve port. constituted themselves a lynching party last Tuesday night' and, after riddling the body of Russel Taylor, a negro horsethief, with bullets, dragged the body to Red river and hurled it in. The affair was brought to light tonight when three of the negroes were placed under arrest on the charge of murdes. They were brought to Shreveport and are in jail here. There were interesting features to this crime, which is unequalled in history ot lynchings in this section. The men calmly were conveying Taylor to jeil when he attempted to escape. One of the party fired a shot at him, which took effect. He begged for his life, hut ths men had concluded to kill him and they rid dled bls body with bullets. Becoming frightened at what they had done they dragged his body to Red river ana threw It overboard after swearing each other to se crecy. The men did not expect the body to come to the surface, but it was found floating and then the whole affair came out. TEXAS FLOOD HAS WASHED OUT TRACKS DALLAS, Texas, July 26.—The flood situation in Texas has not Improved any today and in some districts has become more serious. In the western part of the state par ticularly, the rain continues to fall and there is little prospect of an early re sumption of railroad traffic. Nearly al Itralns arriving in Dallas to day were late, and trains on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas are reported tied up at Hillsboro. There are several washouts on the Texas Central, and no trains have gone further west than Whitney on that road. The Cotton Belt is cut off from Gatesville by a washout at Leon river. It is feared the bridge there will be wash ed out. At Waco the Brazos is up thirty on® feet, and lacks three feet of being the highest ever known. In east Waco mer chants are moving their goods out. The Katy bridge is washed out at Hills boro and fifty feet of the main line of that road on the Dallas branch in under mined. Several residences are under water, and skiffs have gone to their res cue* There was no rain in Dallas today, but the Trinity river Is running bank full. Those reported drowned are C. C. Good nock, Buck Whitley, his two daughters and a daughter of Mrs. Brown, all of Stephensvllle. on the Bosque river; Ira ' Figg, at Bufford’s pool; Daniel Cogswell. A banker at Granbury, on the Brasos river, gives as his opinion, that the crop mainly cotton, will be damaged $3,000,000 in the Brazos valley alone. ESTIMATeTH L ED FOR GEOHCIA IMS COL. RAYMOND, ENGINEER, RE* PORTS ON STREAMS IN THIS SECTION—RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATIONS. WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 26.—Lieut, Col. R. R. Raymond, of the engineering department of the war department, filed his annual report today upon the Flint river in Georgia, the Chattahoochee river in Alabama and Georgia, on the Alabama river and the Cossa river. Colonel Raymond rectommends that the wo/k on the Flint river be confined to th® section below Albany, connecting the nav igable sections by completing the im provements between Newton and Bain bridge. The construction of a new dredge to be used on the Flint river alone, ala t cost of $16,000 is recommended. The report recommends $40,000 for the Improvement of the river until the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. There is now available $25,100 for the work and ft is estimated that $92,000 will be necessary to complete the project. Fer the improvement of the Chatta hoochee in Georgia and Alabama the ex penditure of $70,000 is recommended for tho next fiscal year. There are available for the work $102,273. “There are no railroads paralleling the river,” reads the report, “and the people depend upon it for their transportation. Columbus, with its magnificent harbor, is rapidly becoming one of the principal manufacurlng centers of the south.”' The reports recommend that there be no further improvement of the section be tween Geneva and Newton as railways supply that section and the channel is nar row and rocky and expensive to maintain. Below Geneva, it is urged, the river should be kept free from snags and open to navigation. The Alabama river according to the report was too high during the year to permit of snag boat -work and but little ’ was done in improvement work. K 19 • estimated $53,000 will be needed for work for the next fiscal year and that $176,251 will be required to fully complete the project. For the Coosa river it is recommenaea that lock No. 4 be Increased In height so as to furnish a channel of six feet of water at the head of Box shoals and that a dam without a lock be built at the pro posed site of lock No. 5. This, the en gineer states, would 'furnish continuous navigation for 191 miles below Rome, Ga The estimate for the fiscal year calls for completion of a $292,000 dam at lock No. 5; $95,0u0 for channel; Rome to lock 4. $20,u00; building hull for Loeta. s6,ooo—a total of $413,000. It is estimated that 2L -123,523 will be required to complete the work as projected.